The ENIAC (Electronic Numerical Integrator and Computer) was the first general purpose electronic computer. It was completed in 1945, after the World War II ended. ENIAC was very big; it was 30 tons weight and took up 63 m2. The entire machine contained about 17000 vacuum tubes, 10000 capacitors, 70000 resistors a 6000 manual switches. [...]
The computer in today’s world already occupies an important place in our lives and its importance will only increase in the future. The computer of tomorrow will make a bigger couch potato of us. With social networking expanding to meeting neighbors in a chat room, learning extending to encyclopedias on the internet, friendships built upon [...]